Clem Dickson, construction worker for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, Sunday, February 9, 1913 made this entry somewhere near Edmonton, Alberta:

This morning we all sleep in did not get up till 9 oc. We had breakfast and I came back and started my big washiing. It last till about 3 ocl P.M.

Sunday evening no place to go I wrote a letter home and one to Agatha. And Cullerne and I got ready to go to Edmonton to run levels from Clover [–?–] fri to Edson. left on the 1:30 train for Edmonton.

NOTE: Agatha was Clem’s older sister who was born in 1885 while Clem was born in 1888. Three other sisters had died between 1885 when Agatha was born and 1888 when Clem was born: unnamed twin girls in 1886 and Frances who was born and died in 1887. He had another sister born in 1889 who was also named Frances. He had 5 other older siblings born between 1876 adn 1882. They haven’t been mentioned yet in this diary.